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} Windmill. No. 242,103. Patented June 7,1881.

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JAMES L. S IMONS, OF POTSDAM, NEW YORK.

WINDMILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,703, dated June '7, 1881.

Application filed March 7,1881. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. SIMoNs, a citizenof the United States, resident at Potsdam, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windmills; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification, and in whicht Figure 1 is a representation of a side view; and Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are detail views.

This invention relates to Windmills.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A are the wings to the wheel, secured at their ends a to the center B. This center consists of huh I), by which it is attached to the shaft 0, and the flange b,forattachingto the wings. This flange is made beveled or wavy, as shown, having the points z and y, the angular recesses 00 and o, and the sides it. To these sides t the ends a are attached so that the bevel of these sides gives the wings their proper inclination and the latter can be made straight.

I) is the frame carrying the shaft, made rectangular, of uprights d d, cross-bars s s at bottom and top, and cross-brace s.

The shaft 0 is put in place by cutting the uprights away at r r and putting in the said shaft with blocks E'E, the latter being wider than upright d, and another block, E is made fast to the outside of the standard, alongside of block E, whereby a longer bearingis formed.

F is the tail-piece secured to upright d.

c is the crank in shaft 0, to which is connected the link G, its other end, g, being connected to pitman H.

The cross-brace s is perforated at 8 this perforation being counterborcd at 8 in which is seated a metal washer, 8 S is a plate made fast to the under side of this brace, and having the hole a registering with and the size of the Bottom bar, .9, has a perforation, 6 and a plate, S, with a hole, a said perforation and hole being of a size and reg istering with the counterbore s I is the tower, having at its top the hole i,

and below this the cross-brace K, having the smaller hole 70.

L'is a metallic'tube whose lower end rests on brace K over hole It. This tube extends up through holes 71 and perforation 1) into the counterbore 8 its upper end resting under the washer s.

M is a collar, which is sleeved upon this tube L, above bottom bar, s, and is held to the tube by set-screw m. This collar regulates the position of the frame on the tube, the latter forming a bearing for the former to turn on, the washer 8 taking the wear. The pitman H passes down through this tube, its lower end, h, being held by nuts in the eye 0 of the rightangled end at of the strap N, whose longer.

arm or stem at is made fast to a bar, Z, of wood or metal. At the lower end of this bar is formed or fastened the lug p.

P is the piston-rod of a pump or other device. plate 19, of a shape to fit the lower end of bar Z. 011 one side, p of thisplate is made a slot, 2'. On the side of rod P, opposite to this slot z, is pivoted the catch B, h avingthe curved end r. The extended end of this plate p forms a socket, into which fits the lower end of the bar Z, the lug p entering the slot z.

,The catch B, being turned up, holds the joint fast.

This device is one which is simple and cheap, with very little apparatus, and can be easily put up in agricultural districts where little is known of machines.

What I claim is- 1. The frame D, having the perforated cross and bottom bars, in combination with the tube L and the tower, the tube passing through the cross-bars and down into the tower, substantially as described.

2. Pitman H, and bar Z, having lug p, in combination with the plate 19, having the slot 2, and the catch R, substantially as described.

-3. Frame D, having cross-bar s, with counterbore s and tower I, having cross-brace K, with hole k, in combination with the tube L, one of the ends of which rests on the brace, the other in the counterbore, as set forth. i

In testimony whereof I 'affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: JAMES L. SIMONS.

I G. E. SANFORD,

O, A. PUTNAM.

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